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Binita Gupta
Binita Gupta
Software Engineering Technical Leader
Wireless Engineering
Binita Gupta is a Software Engineering Technical Leader within the Wireless Engineering group at Cisco Systems, where she acts as a primary standards architect and advocate for the company within the IEEE 802.11 and Wi-Fi Alliance (WFA) standards development organizations (SDOs). Binita has over 20 years of experience in spearheading the development of wireless systems, products, and services across Wi-Fi, 5G, private networks, and IoT technologies. Her prior tenure includes systems architecture roles at Meta, Intel, and Qualcomm, where she shaped product design and steered standards initiatives across the IEEE 802.11, WFA, Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and 5G SA groups.
As a voting member of IEEE 802.11, Binita is deeply involved in the development of the 802.11bn (the basis for Wi-Fi 8) amendment and previously played a key role in the development of the 802.11be (the basis for Wi-Fi 7) amendment. Within WFA, she has made significant contributions to Wi-Fi 8, Wi-Fi 7, and QoS and Connectivity Optimizations (QCO) programs. In her previous roles, Binita has championed the convergence of Wi-Fi and 5G technologies while serving as a Chair, a Co-chair, and a Chief Editor across various related WBA projects. She holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and is based in San Diego, California.
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